NEWARK — A man was shot and killed on Park Avenue in Newark late Friday night, authorities said. The 24-year-old Newark resident was walking home from his girlfriend's house around 11:30 p.m. Friday when someone approached him and shot him, said Katherine Carter, a spokeswoman for the Essex County Prosecutor's Office. The man, who has not been identified pending notification...
NEWARK — A man was shot and killed on Park Avenue in Newark late Friday night, authorities said.
The 24-year-old Newark resident was walking home from his girlfriend's house around 11:30 p.m. Friday when someone approached him and shot him, said Katherine Carter, a spokeswoman for the Essex County Prosecutor's Office.
The man, who has not been identified pending notification of his family, was taken to University Hospital in Newark and pronounced dead around midnight, Carter said.
Newark Police could not be reached to provide details of the incident, but no arrests have been made in relation to the shooting, Carter said.